Senate Bill S5407

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the office of general services to conduct a study relating to the feasibility and advisability of establishing an office of risk assessment and management

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-S5407 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7650
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
General Services, Office of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2230, A6689
2017-2018: S4070

2013-S5407 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the office of general services to conduct a study relating to the feasibility and advisability of establishing an office of risk assessment and management.

2013-S5407 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5407 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5407

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN, ADDABBO, CARLUCCI, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Finance

AN  ACT  to  direct the office of general services to conduct a study to
  examine, evaluate and make recommendations relating to the feasibility
  and advisability of establishing an  office  of  risk  assessment  and
  management

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The office of general services, in  consultation  with  the
department of law, the department of audit and control, the state insur-
ance  fund,  the  office  of  employee relations and the division of the
budget, shall conduct a study to examine, evaluate and make  recommenda-
tions concerning the feasibility and advisability of establishing, with-
in  the  office  of  general  services, an office of risk assessment and
management. The office of general services, in  conducting  such  study,
should direct its attention to at least the following:
  (a)  the  suggested  proposed powers of such office of risk assessment
and management, which may include, but not be limited to, the power to:
  (1) analyze the potential exposure  of  the  state  to  liability  and
financial  loss arising from its acts and omissions, from the ownership,
control or use of its real and personal  property,  or  the  conduct  or
actions of its employees or agents;
  (2)  establish  and coordinate business continuity programs for essen-
tial state functions and services;
  (3) implement risk management programs to manage the state's  exposure
to risk in the most cost effective manner including, but not limited to,
programs to reduce the likelihood and potential cost of loss events, and
the  purchase  of  insurance  or  other  risk sharing arrangements where
appropriate; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10938-02-3

              

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